Canadian wildfires blanket US Northeast in orange smoke

Roughly 838 active wildfires across Canada — about 100 out of control in Ontario alone — have sent smoke streaming over 1,000 miles south, turning skies orange over Toronto and much of the US Northeast. Scientists studying last month's deadly West Africa floods separately confirmed that climate breakdown made those rains significantly more intense, displacing thousands who would otherwise have been safe. Both events underscore how climate-driven disasters are compressing from rare to routine.